Covington, Ky. – The 2021 BIG EAST regular season and tournament champion UConn baseball team watched the 2021 NCAA Selection Show from the lobby of the Marriott RiverCenter hotel in Covington, Ky. on Monday afternoon.

It was revealed that the team was selected to play in the South Bend Regional at the No. 2 seed in the bracket. Notre Dame is the host and No. 1 seed while Michigan is the No. 3 and Central Michigan is the No. 4. UConn is set to face off against Michigan on Friday, June 4 at 7 p.m. on ESPN3. All of the Huskies NCAA Tournament games will be on the ESPN family of networks and online on ESPN3.

NCAA Regionals serve as four-team, double elimination tournament with winners advancing to play in a Super Regional best two-of-three series. The winner of the South Bend Regional will advance to play the winner of the Starkville Regional.

UConn is set to make its 22nd NCAA Tournament appearance and seventh appearance since 2010. The Huskies have made it to three-straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time since going to five in a row from 1957-1961. 

In 2019, BIG EAST Tournament Champion Creighton played Michigan three times in four days playing in the Corvalis Regional. The Wolverines eventually won in the Corvalis Regional Final, 17-6. Creighton had played in four elimination games in that regional, going 1-2 against Michigan and defeating Cincinnati 6-1.